Dispatches from the 10th Crusade

Entries from What's Wrong with the World tagged with 'rhetoric'

In the latest issue of The Christendom Review I write at some length about Burke's supreme statesmanship, his consistency as a thinker, and his hard gritty work to changes men's minds. His public utterances and letters are a treasury of...

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A very interesting debate (at least for me) has broken out in Lydia's last post concerning the means by which social conservatives can advance their ideas in the public square. This is also relevant to the political moment, as there...

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The meanderings of public discussion here at What’s Wrong with the World have recently turned on disputes over a pair of phrases — Social Darwinism and Social Democracy — that, though similar in appearance, in meaning exhibit a basic antagonism....

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Over at Vox Nova, everyone’s favorite ultramontane Liberal singles out this website for its “scaremongering” and “stupid jihadism rhetoric.” The very strong implication of the post is that we have little to fear from Islam, and that “humanitarian relief,” “more...

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Someone once wrote to ask a question jarring in its directness: How should we argue against Socialism? It is commonly supposed, of course, that the question of Socialism is a somewhat antique one. We’re past all that, you know; it’s...